#A8988E#A8988E

#A8988E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.024 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8988E
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 142)
HSL	hsl(23, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 4.18, 7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 8.50, 60.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.014 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.024 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2589, 32.7350, 30.2051)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8988E #8E9EA8

analogous

#A88E91 #A8988E #A8A58E

triadic

#A8988E #8EA898 #988EA8

tetradic

#A8988E #91A88E #8E9EA8 #A58EA8

square

#A8988E #91A88E #8E9EA8 #A58EA8

split-complementary

#A8988E #8EA8A5 #8E91A8

monochromatic

#6A5B52 #8D796C #A8988E #C3B8B1 #DDD7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A8988E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A8988E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8988E

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8988E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8988E	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8988e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.024 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6af',
    500: '#a8988e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8988e;
$custom-light: #c2b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8988e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69078,
    "c": 0.02388,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8988E

secondary

#C4CACE

accent

#7B974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8988E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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